Blue Jackets Anemic Offense No Match For Connor Hellebuyck
The Blue Jackets' record now stands at 38-27-12 with 88 points. They're currently 5th in the Metro, 11th in the East, and 14th in the NHL. They're also now tied with four other teams in points but sit three spots out of the wild card.
Ivan Provorov (9) scored the only goal for the CBJ, and Jet Greaves stopped 23 of 25 Winnipeg shots in a 2-1 regulation loss to the Jets on Saturday night. The Columbus Blue Jackets just can't seem to score goals anymore. Couple that with the fact that they were going up against all-world goaltender Connor Hellebuyck, and that's not a recipe for success.
The CBJ managed to get one past Hellebuyck just 1:17 into the game, but that would be it. The Blue Jackets had yet another game where they couldn't get any shots on the opposing goalie. After two periods, they had only 8 shots, and in the second, only 3.
Those three shots came in the final three minutes of the second period as well. There's nothing else to really talk about with this game, so we'll let the stats and quotes below do the talking. Team Notes Per CBJ PR Columbus (0-2-0) and Winnipeg (2-0-0) completed the two-game season series tonight.
The Jackets scored the first goal of the game for the 46th time this season (30-9-7) and for the 27th time at Nationwide Arena (18-6-3), passing Winnipeg for the most instances in the league this season on home ice. The Jackets skated in front of their fifth-straight and 14th sellout crowd of the season tonight. Quotes Zach Werenski - "I think the effort is there.
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